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May 2027

31 Monday
  whiteThe Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B[572] Zeph 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Luke 1:39-56.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Anniversary:33rd anniversary of the death of P. Xolile Keteyi (41) d. 1994 at Pietermaritzburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:21st anniversary of the death of P. Claudio Rossi (61) d. 2006 at Palestrina, Italy. Read Obituary
Birthday:47th birthday of P. Nicholas HAMAKALU (born this day in 1980).
Birthday:75th birthday of P. Stephen BUCKLAND (born this day in 1952).
SJ NOTE:Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on May 31.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1653Publication of the bull of Pope Innocent X declaring that Five Heretical Propositions were really contained in Jansenius' Augustinus. The Jansenists retaliated by violent calumnies against the Society.
1823Twelve Belgian Jesuits, including Fr. Van Quickenborne, superior, Peter De Smet, and Peter Verhaegen arrive in the St. Louis area by flatboat down the Ohio River and then a 120 mile walk across Illinois. They celebrate the feast of Corpus Christ the next day at the Cathedral. The mission begins.
1900The new novitiate of the Buffalo Mission, St. Stanislaus in South Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland, is blessed.
1992The canonization of Claude de la Colombiere by Pope John Paul II, 63 years after he was beatified by Pius XI.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May